TRAINAC

The CCBE, together with the European Lawyers’ Foundation, worked on a project which aimed at achieving a comprehensive analysis of the implementation at a national level (in the countries where the Directives apply) of the following three Directives (from the point of view of defence practitioners):

• Directive 2010/64 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings;
• Directive 2012/13) on the Right to information in criminal proceedings; and
• Directive 2013/48 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty.

The project lasted from 15 April 2015 to 14 April 2016. The report itself is 80 pages long and the annexes (which contain the original responses to the questionnaires) are a further 270 pages.

The report contains an analysis of the Directives and identifies good practices and recommendations (see pages 6-9 for the recommendations).

The full report can be found here.